Rein-holder.



(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 30, I900. C. BLAH.

REIN HOLDER.

(Application filed Sept. '25, 1899.)

UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL OLAR, OF ZITTAU, GERMANY.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 642,297, dated January 30, 1900. Application fil September 25, 1899. Serial No. 781,636. (No model.)

To all 1071/0721, may concern:

Beit known that I, CARL OLAR, merchant, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Zittau, Germany, have invented a Holder for the Reins or Lines of Harnessed Animals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for the reins or lines with which a horse is guided by the driver. Before alighting from the vehicle the driver used to throw the lines around the brakes or whip or anything near by, and the movement of the animals head always would loosen this temporary fastening of the lines, and dropping them has caused many runaways and serious accidents, the horses being entirely out of control.

The object of this invention is to prevent these accidents by an arrangement consisting in a holder for the reins or lines of harnessed animals characterized by the fact that this, which is attached to the vehicle and being adjustable by means of holdfasts, may be conveniently closed or opened and the lines fastened or detached accordingly.

The acompanying drawing illustrates an elevation of my improved rein-holder.

The device consists of an adjustable jack or clamp a, conveniently attached to the vehicle and receiving in an eye or guide the shaft or shank b, which can be suitably adjusted up or down in the guide by means of a set-screw c. The shank has a jaw d made integral with it and arranged at an angle thereto. A movable j aw e is mounted to slide on the shank and has a screw-threaded hole in it to receive the screw f, which is rotatably mounted in the fixed jaw d, and is provided above said jaw with a crank-handle g for turning it.

On alighting from the vehicle the driver gives the crank a turn or two, opening the jaws enough to permit him to place the lines it between them. A reverse movement of the crank closes the jaws tightly on the lines, which are thus held firmly and in such a Way that the animal will always feel itself to be under control. At the same time the lines will be kept in good condition and cannot get into a tangle or become soiled by being stepped upon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A rein-holder, consisting of a clamp ahaving a set-screw c, a shank b sliding in said clamp and adjustable lengthwise therein, a fixed jaw cl integral with said shank and at an angle thereto, a jaw e parallel with the jaw d and movable lengthwise on the shank, a screw f rotatable in the fixed jaw on an axis parallel with the shank, and engaging with a screw-threaded hole in the movable jaw, and a crank g attached to the upper end of the screw above the fixed jaw.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

CARL OLAR.

Witnesses:

WILHELM KRAUSE, G. HEINRICH KAENSIG. 

